A Dallas police officer, a reserve officer and a civilian employee with the department have been indicted on charges of promoting a pyramid promotional...
A grand jury handed up the indictments for Officer Reginald Jones, Reserve Officer Brad Deason and civilian employee Sonja Davis.A Dallas police officer, a reserve officer and a civilian employee with the department have been indicted on charges of promoting a pyramid promotional scheme, according to court records.
Chris Knox, Jones’ attorney, said in a prepared statement “this is an unfortunate case, and one where the officers charged did not do anything different than thousands of other people did during the pandemic.”He said the prosecution was based on “a novel reading of the Texas Business Code” that was inconsistent with how the statute has been applied since 1995.
Jones is accused of receiving about $48,000 in the scheme, which involved multiple officers and at least 159 participants, according to court records. He called the alleged scheme a “gifting program,” an arrest-warrant affidavit said. The nature of Deason’s and Davis’ alleged involvement was unclear.
In a pyramid scheme, participants are promised big returns on their investments if they are able to recruit new participants. New members pay upfront costs, which are funneled up the chain to earlier recruits situated above them in the scheme. The promoters at the top of the pyramid tend to profit, while the newer members at the bottom are likely to lose money.
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